A Bit Cooler?

Hasn’t it been pleasant this weekend – at least in the morning.  I went out first thing, it was almost – cool.  Can’t believe I’m typing those letters!  School started in our area last week, and on the day it was to start when we went out for morning walk, I noticed some volunteer, blue morning glories among my overgrown front flower bed.  It brought back memories… being on my childhood home front porch in my brown plaid dress waiting for friends to come by so we could walk to school together and noticing the morning glories for the first time of the season. 

In those days, pants were now allowed, much less shorts!!  And we went to a neighborhood school, so yes, we walked.  And now, the old thermometer on the monitor tells me it has risen 10 degrees in the last couple of hours, so back to realityJ.

This week I received the gift I won from Beach Cottage Stitchers blogiversary giveaway.  Cynthia allowed me to choose the item of my choice from her store, so I chose Alyce Schroth Sampler Recreations ~101 Pennsylvania German Sampler.  Aren’t those silks scrumptious?  Thank you so much, Cynthia. 

Yesterday I went to a class at my LNS, The Stitch and Frame Shop, to have hands-on learning to do a flat fold.  It was a great class – thank you, Maggie!  I used some tiny beaded trim from Hobby Lobby, and the fabric I selected as the ‘door prize’ at the Manning-French Hen stitch day. I think it turned out very well, and believe there will be more of these to come!   Thanks for dropping by, and I’d love to hear your thoughts today!  I always appreciate what you have to say.

    Peace♥Love♥Joy
and Happy Stitching!Charlene♥SC

Giveaway Drawing

Belinda at Samplings from a Blue Ribbon Girl is having a very nice giveaway in honor of 200 followers!

Charlene♥SC

August - Catching Up

Hello, hello!  How’s everyone?  Having a wonderful weekend, I hope! 

Last Saturday morning I took off to Manning, SC to meet and stitch with a group of ladies at The French Hen Café.  Amy from Down Sunshine Lane (left in white) planned this soirée, and I was so happy to meet her and other on-line stitchers and to reconnect with another!  It was a fun day of stitching, chatting, eating, chatting, stitching, chatting, stitching, door prizes, stitching…  This group has been together before, and they really made me feel welcome into their fold.  I finally got to meet Faye (right).  She is just as sweet in person as she is on her blog, The Carolina Stitcher!  I also got  to put the correct Karen (left in green) with Karen’s Handiwork! 

Carolyn (right in blue), of Carolyn’s Stitching Chatter, was there with her friend Deborah, and I got to sit with them.  Carolyn and I have been to another retreat, and it was great to see her again!  There are more in our future, too!  Hop over to the links here and you can see more about the day we had through their lens – well, except for Karen’s!  LOL.

I took Lizzy Kate’s Alphabet Lessons along to stitch, but since I hadn’t picked her up in quite a long while, I couldn’t remember what fabric it is on.  Was planning to look it up here, but of course I didn’t record that tidbit of information.  I’m planning to continue on for a while to see if it can’t it get completed. 

I did finish stitching LHN ornament, Love One Another, on a piece of tea dyed fabric I dyed a while back.  When I saw this one I fell in love, and want to finish it as a stand/flat fold.

This month’s TUSAL seems to be featuring red…

Hope there is a cool breeze in your part of the world.  Thanks for dropping by, and I’d love to hear your thoughts today!  

    Peace♥Love♥Joy
and Happy Stitching!Charlene♥SC